Editing Jewish principles of faith (section)

===Maimonides' 13 principles of faith===
{{See also|Maimonides#Thirteen principles of faith}}
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[[Maimonides]] (1135–1204 CE) formulated 13 principles of faith, which appear in his commentary on the [[Mishnah]].<ref>Commentary to tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 10</ref>

Some modern Orthodox scholars have pointed out apparent inconsistencies in Maimonides's writings with respect to the 13 principles of faith.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FYRAQAAIAAJ&q=what+must+a+jew+believe |title= Must a Jew Believe Anything?|last=Kellner|first=Menachem Marc |date= 2006-01-01|publisher= Littman Library of Jewish Civilization|isbn= 9781904113386|language= en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SjwwAAAAYAAJ&q=marc+shapiro+maimonides+the+limits|title= The limits of Orthodox theology: Maimonides' Thirteen principles reappraised|last= Shapiro|first= Marc B.|date= 2004-01-01|publisher=Littman Library of Jewish Civilization|isbn=9781874774907|language=en}}</ref> Maimonides himself, while enumerating his principles, added the following caveat: 
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"There is no difference between [the Biblical statement] 'his wife was Mehithabel' [Genesis 10,6] on the one hand [i. e., an "unimportant" verse], and 'Hear, O Israel' on the other [i. e., an "important" verse]... anyone who denies even such verses thereby denies God and shows contempt for his teachings more than any other skeptic, because he holds that the Torah can be divided into essential and non-essential parts..."
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Eventually, Maimonides' 13 principles of faith became the most widely accepted Jewish statement of belief, even "canonized" in certain periods, though disputed in others.<ref name=gurfinkel/> Two poetic restatements of Maimonides' principles (''[[Ani Ma'amin]]'' and ''[[Yigdal]]'') became standard parts of the [[siddur|Jewish prayerbook]].